{"cve":"CVE-2015-6806","nvd":{"published":"2015-09-28T20:59:06.280","modified":"2026-06-17T00:31:27.093","status":"Modified","description":"The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=b7484c224738247b510ed0d268cd577076958f1b","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.html","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11"],"products":["gnu:gnu_screen"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-6806","score":0.04148,"percentile":0.90859,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}